DOT Desk With just 18 days remaining to hold the 11th parliamentary polls, no special drive is in sight to recover the illegal firearms in a bid to keep the polls free from muscle power or a show of force. Besides, no instructions were given by the authorities concerned to the owners of licenced firearms…
DOT Desk During the Liberation War of 1971, the konthojoddha, who were the artistes of Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra, a clandestine radio station during the resistance, kept up the morale of the freedom fighters with their spirited performance of patriotic songs, poems and satirical plays, reports The Daily Star. The members of Mukti Sangrami Shilpi…
DOT Desk InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), one of the world’s leading hotel companies, has announced the commencement of commercial operations of InterContinental Dhaka in partnership with state-run Bangladesh Services Limited (BSL). The opening of InterContinental Dhaka, formerly known as Ruposhi Bangla and Sheraton, came following four years of renovations, reports The Daily Star. Vivek Bhalla,…
DOT Desk An Appellate Division order has ruined the prospects of BNP leaders Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku and Ruhul Kuddus Talukdar Dulu, reports BDnews24. The chamber judge of the Supreme Court had earlier halted a High Court decision that cleared the way for Tuku and Dulu to compete in the polls. On Wednesday, the Appellate…
UNB President Abdul Hamid on Wednesday urged the newly commissioned officers of Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) to remain active to improve their professional skills through practice and utilising the lessons they received from training. Hamid was addressing the Winter President Parade of Flight Cadet Course (FCC) of Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) at BAF Academy at…
Hossen Sohel of DOT Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina yesterday offered wreaths at Bangabandhu shrine to mark the launching of polls campaign for her party, reports BSS. The premier reached Tungipara by road at 2.10 pm and went straight to the shrine of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman where…
AFP Pacific island nations have vowed to oppose US efforts to increase its catch limit in the world’s largest tuna fishery, saying the proposal does nothing to improve sustainable fishing. The United States is expected to try to increase its quota for bigeye tuna at a meeting of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission…
DOT Desk Khancha (The Cage), a Bangladeshi film, was screened in Nigeria for the first time on Tuesday at the Second Asian Film Festival organised by Korean Cultural Centre, Abuja. The film festival will continue until December 14, said Bangladesh high commissioner to Nigeria M Shameem Ahsan, reports The New Age. The Bangladesh Mission in…
DOT Desk Two children died after falling into a water tank while playing in Mohammadpur area of Dhaka on Tuesday, reports Prothom Alo. The deceased are Habib, 3, son of certain Borhanuddin Mostafa and Maria, 3, daughter of certain Manir Mridha of the area. Habib and Maria fell into the water tank of their house…
Linda S. Heard, Award-winning British political columnist and guest television commentator with a focus on the Middle East/Gulf News Mass demonstrations that begin peacefully are invariably hijacked by bad actors. While I sympathise wholeheartedly with the frustrations of France’s ‘yellow vest’ protesters who feel the government has turned a deaf ear to their problems, such…